Alistair Darling continues to assert himself in his new position of strength following Brown’s climbdown at the time of the June reshuffle.
In an interview in this morning’s Times, the Chancellor makes it clear that there will have to be spending cuts under a Labour government and that Labour “must declare which areas would be cut and which spared after the next election”.
The Times understands that:
Gordon Brown has accepted the need to recast his favoured “Labour investment versus Tory cuts” strategy as voters are faced with evidence that spending must fall whichever party wins the next election. Within days, the Prime Minister is expected to acknowledge publicly for the first time that Labour must ditch some spending programmes.
Why is it that Gordon Brown is always so stubbornly slow to recognise the screamingly obvious facts of life – the most important being that he is entirely unsuited for the office of Prime Minister?
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September 5, 2009 at 8:53 am
“…Why is it that Gordon Brown is always so stubbornly slow to recognise the screamingly obvious facts of life…”
The man clearly has mental health issues akin to the Napoleon Syndrome. Adolf Hitler also had it.
Unfortunately, Gordon has non of the undoubted charisma of the other two; perhaps we should be grateful.
September 6, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Alistair had better watch out in case Gordon sends him to meet the Welsh NFU about the costs of the EU sheep tagging measure during a badger cull.